Box-filling machine.



M. PARIDON.

BOX FILLING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. I4. 1916.

Patented Dec. 5, 1916.

UNTTEE STATES PATEN T @FFTCE.

MICHAEL PARIDONQ OF BARBERTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE DIAMOND MATCH COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

BOX-FILLING MACHINE.

Application filed March 14, 1916.

To all whom it may concern.-

.Be it known that I, MICHAEL PARIDON, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Barberton, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Box-Filling Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to boxfil1ing machines, and more especially to machines for filling and closing boxes of the tray-andshuck type commonly used for holding matches.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple and efficient means whereby the edges of the open ends of wooden hoX-shucks are straightened or squared to facilitate the association of the trays therewith. Such shucks each comprise a strip of thin veneer bent into appropriate form having its ends overlapped and glued together to constitute one of the narrow longitudinal sides of the shuck; a thin paper label being glued or pasted to the tubular body. The edges of the material at the ends of the shuck warp or turn inward and thus distort and contract the rectangular end openings, thereby rendering it diflicult to insert the complementary match tray into the shuek. Hence in machines for filling and closing match boxes of the type mentioned it has heretofore been necessary to employ mechaniral means for spreadin the ends of the shueks in order to enable the insertion of the filled trays thereinto.

According to my invention I provide means whereby a jet of steam or vapor is directed into the open ends of the shucks preparatory to the insertion of the trays into the shueks, which steam or vapor, moistenin the interior of the shuck material, causes the fibers of the wood to expand and thus straighten out the ends of the shuck; or, in other words, the end openings are straightened or squared to permit the ready entry of the trays thereinto without the employment of any mechanical opening device whatever.

More specifically stated, my invention consists in the combination with a boxshuek carrier, of a steam or vapor nozzle arranged in such relation thereto that a jet of fluid enters the shucks successively.

Thence the shucks are advanced to a station whereby the trays and their contents are Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 5, 1916.

Serial No. 84,022.

pushed into the successive shucks, all as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, which illustrate a preferred form of embodiment of my invention, Figure l is a plan of part of a match-box filling machine employing a tray-and-shuck conveyer and means for endwise pushing the trays into the opposing open ends of their complementary shucks, showing a steam or vapor nozzle arranged adjacent the path of the outer ends of the shucks. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section, as on the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged transverse vertical section adjacent the nozzle, as on the line 33 of Fig. 2, showing more clearly the mode of introducing the steam or vapor into the shuek. Fig. lis a longitudinal vertical section of an ordinary wooden match-box shuek. Fig. 5 is an end view thereof. Figs. 6 and? are views similar to Figs. 4: and 5 respectively, of the shuck immediately after it has been treated according to my invention.

Referring to the drawings, 10 designates a bed, and 11 a continuously traveling trayand-shuck conveyer mounted to travel thereon. This conveyor comprises, in the form illustrated, relatively wide metal links jointed together to constitute an endless chain. It is provided with two longitudinallyextending rows of transverse channels or pockets, one row being designed to receive and carry the shucks 12 and the other row to receive and carry the complementary trays 13. At a suitable point on the bed are reciprocable plunger-s 14 which are carried by a conveyor traveling adj aeent to and concertedly with the tray-and-shuck conveyer. A suitably-disposed stationary camway 15 on the bed receives studs 16 on the respective plungers during their travel, and effects their timely reciprocation toward and from the trays in such a manner that the plunger-s push the opposing trays endwise into their complementary shucks.

17 designates a nozzle which is supported on a bracket 18 ailixed to the bed plate adjacent to the tray-and-shuck conveyer, such nozzle being positioned to discharge toward the open ends of the progressing shucks on the conveyer. The nozzle is connected by means of a hose or pipe 19 with a suitable source of steam or vapor, and hence the jet is discharged across the path of the shucks and into and through the interior thereof.

. moisture on the in-turned ends of the shncks before the trays are entered thereinto.

After the association of the complemen tary trays and shucks the moisture in the shack material evaporates, and the ends of the shuck thereupon resume their previous in-turned' or warped condition and tend to lock the tray within the shuck.

It isto beunderstood that my invention is-not'limited to the particular boxing mechanism nor to thespecific construction of the steam or vapor applying device herein shown and described.

A separate application for patent covering the process of treating wooden boxes as hereinbefore described, is filed simultaneously herewith.

I claim l. The combination with means for supporting a boX-shuck, of a steam or vapor discharging member positioned to inject steam or vapor into the interior of the shuck. V I

2. The combination with means for sup- C niesof this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Washington, D. G.

' Summit and porting a series of box-shucks, of a steam or vapor discharging member,.and1neans tor eitecting a relative movement between the said shucks and the said member,f,where-' by the interior of the shucks are subjeoted' progressively to the action of the steam.

8. The combination with a steam or vapor discharging member, of means "for feeding boX-shucks in a path adjacent said member, whereby steam or vapor is discharged di;

rectly into the open ends of the progressing shnoks.

4-. The combinatlon with a. shuck zcarrying chain, of a steam or vapor discharging I and trays, of means for moistening the ends of the shucks before the trays are associated therewith.

Signed at Barberton, in the county of State of Qhio, this 11th day of March A. D. 1916.

MICHAEL PARIDON,

Commissioner of Patents, 

